The End of Another Year and a GIVEAWAY!

Wow! I can't believe we are ending yet another year. I am finishing my second year of grad school, I have been a licensed SLPA for more than four years, and it seems like nothing has changed.

This year got so busy, I didn't realize how long it had been since I posted anything for you. I apologize, next year WILL be better. I am going to give you some quick life updates and then I am going to share a SURPRISE!!!

This year:
- I started clinics for grad school. Since my program is online I don't have an on campus clinic, instead I spend a few mornings a week with an AMAZING SLP in my local school district. I am learning so much from my cases and doing lots of amazing activities. (I NEED TO WRITE A POST!)

- I started dating a new guy about 2 1/2 months ago. We are great together and the puzzle pieces seem to fit together perfectly! Once we take some nice pictures I will make sure to share some with you!

- I have been working with a placement coordinator at Nova Southeastern University to get my externship placements set. Graduation is within reach at this point and I am so excited!

-My Thirty-One Gifts business started to take off!! Let me know if you are looking for holiday gifts, wedding party gifts, baby gifts, teacher tools, or just something cute for yourself or your family! Take a look at www.mythirtyone.com/breanaorland

Now for your SURPRISE!!
Complete the entries below for a chance to win a $10 TPT gift card just in time for the cyber Monday sale! The gift card will be emailed to the winner on Monday night with plenty of time to spend it!


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Happy Holidays!!
Breana

Comprehension Builder 2 app GIVEAWAY!!!

Check out one of Abitalk's new apps and enter to win a copy. Hurry, the giveaway ends in just a few days.

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Hope you enjoy!!
Breana

Articulation Island Review and Giveaway

Articulation Island by Evan Hanson is a newly released articulation app. This app is different than any other articulation apps I've seen because it is similar to playing a video game. The words are hidden in boxes and Mr. Bear must jump and break open the boxes. Once the box is broken, the word and an image are shown.

Pros:

• As a young adult, I love the old school look of the app, although it is a little bit pixelated and distorts some of the images.
• There are multiple levels of play for each phoneme, each gets progressively harder.
• Targets can be practiced at the word or phrase level with 3 pre-selected carrier phrases.

Cons:

• Only one phoneme in one position can be played at a time
• Only one player can play at a time. My students tried pass and play and it made the game difficult.
• Each phoneme only has a few words to practice.
• For use with older elementary and middle school students, younger students would probably not understand the concept of the game.
• You must use the data collection in the app or the game does not work.

This game is new and has a lot of potential.

This is the menu when you first open the game.

This picture shows you the different changes that can be made in the settings.

This is what the menu that lets you select your level of play. "P" is for practice and the numbered levels get a little harder.

This picture shows the instructions for how to play and a sample of an easy level. The boxes with faces are word boxes, break the box to release a word.

This picture shows a broken word box with an image. You must use the in-game data tracking or boxes will not break.

Find information about the game here.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this app are solely mine. This app was given to me to review and giveaway.


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Breana

Surpise #3!!!!!!!

Drum roll please.......

It is time to announce

As a continued celebration for reaching 100 followers on facebook I am giving away app codes for Erik X. Raj's Charades, Multiple Choice, Listen Close, and I Dare You articulation apps.

Here's how this giveaway is going to work:
I have one code for each app sooo....

If this rafflecopter gets 50 entries- 1 winner will get all 4 codes
If it reaches 100 entries- 2 winners will each win 2 codes
If it reaches 150 entries- 4 winners will each win 1 code

I know that seems a little counter productive, but more entries means more chances to win.

Good Luck!!!

and don't forget to keep an eye out for SURPRISE #4!!!!



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Breana

Surprise #2

As I announced last week with Giveaway #3 I am excited to announce that I got ACCEPTED to graduate school. I am very excited to continue my education and work towards becoming a Speech Language Pathologist. I also reached over 100 followers on my blog last week. Here is a token of my appreciation!!!

Surprise #1 was an extra 24 hours in my store after the tpt sale.

Surprise #2 gives people a chance to win one activity from my tpt store (bundles not included) and one activity from Melonheadz Illustrating (under $10). Enter with the raffleopter below to win these activities.


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Good Luck!!

There will be at least one more surprise coming!!!

Breana

Giveaway #2

Don't forget to check if you are the winner of giveway #1.

Giveaway #2 is live- here is what you can win just in time for back to school shopping!!!

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One more week to go!!

Breana

Giveaway #1 has begun!!!

Want to win free gift cards? Well here is your chance. Enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win one of two $20 gift cards at the end of the week. Don't forget to come back next week and the following week to enter to win more gift cards.

Here is the line up for week #1

And sneak peeks at weeks #2 and #3 (I am included in week #3)

 

 

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Breana

How to Win FREE Gift Cards!!!!!

I know that title has to be intriguing to some of you!! I am participating in a large giveaway with 23 amazing teacher blogs. Prizes include gift cards to TPT, Amazon, Staples, and Target over the next three weeks. Check back on Sunday to find the rafflecopter!!!

Good Luck to everyone who enters!!!!

Breana

Dynavox Mayer-Johnson App Reviews and Giveaways!!!!

Dynavox Mayer-Johnson has provided me with the opportunity to review Articulation Flip Books and PCS Flash Cards and they have provided me with 2 copies of each app to giveaway to my loyal followers. I was introduced to The Entire World of R by a family friend who recently retired from being an SLP and by my current Supervisor, but carrying around all of the different components is hard for me (I work in 5-6 different schools during the week). Getting the opportunity to review part of this program and have it on my iPad is definitely a plus.

First up lets take a closer look into Articulation Flip Books. This app contains three segment flip books for phonemes: ar, air, ear, er, k and g, m and n, or, p and b, r blends, recurrent r's and ire, rl and prevocalic r, s and z, s/r/l, sh and ch, t and d, th/f/v, and w/h/l.

This is a picture of what the home screen looks like.

When you click on the desired phonemes flipbook, this is what the screen looks like.

Each of the three segments can be changed individually, creating an indefinite number of possibilities. This app is also great because it can target expressive language skills such as sentence formation, syntax, and predictions and receptive language skills such as answering wh- questions and vocabulary development.

Pros:

• Targets articulation, receptive, and expressive language
• Settings allow you to turn the text on the panels on and off and mute the sound
• The app can be used on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod
• Each panel is narrated individually (but touching the text) or as a sentence (by touching the blue square in the corner)
• The text turns blue when being narrated as a sentence so non-readers can follow along.
• Easy to carry between multiple locations

Cons:

• Does not include a flipbook for all phonemes
• Some panels may contain unknown vocabulary
• The settings cannot be accessed when in a flipbook

Next lets look at PCS Flash Cards. This app contains flashcard sets to teach or review vocabulary, articulation, language, and rhyming. The information covered can be used to teach students in pre-k through elementary school.

Here are examples of the different homepages for each section.

The vocabulary flashcards include: actions, birds, birthday, body, bugs, Christmas, clothing & accessories, colors & shapes, dessert & snacks, fruit & vegetables, Halloween, hobbies & leisure, holidays, home items, instruments, jobs, lowercase letters, meals, meats & diary, numbers, places, school, signs, sports, sports equipment, states, thanksgiving, tools, toys, uppercase letters, vehicles, water animals, weather & seasons, and zoo animals.

 

 

The phonemes covered are: /b, ch, d, f, g, dz, k, l, l blends, m, r blends and more r blends, n, p, r, s, s blends, sh, t, th, v, vocalic r, z/ in all positions of words. 

Here is a sample of a flashcard.

Pros:

• This app contains flashcard decks for lots of different materials.
• The bottom of the screen tells how many pictures are in each deck and what picture number is being viewed.
• The app is very user friendly.
• Setting allow the user to turn text labels on and off, touch card to get voice production on and off, turn category selection on and off, and turn the progress indicator on the bottom of the screen on and off.
• You can select sort on the bottom of the home screen to select what cards to display and to shuffle the order of the cards. The deck can also be reset from this screen.

Cons:

• The pictures are animated, not real pictures.
• Only one flashcard deck can be selected at a time.

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The opinions in this review are mine and only mine. I was provided a copy of this app and no other compensation.